WHAT YOU VALUE YOU DO
We Build Bridges Not Barriers
1 Corinthians 9:19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. New International Version
1 Corinthians 9:21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. New International Version
1 Corinthians 9:22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. New International Version
No Perfect People Are Allowed
God Meets Us In Our Mess
Mark 2:17 On hearing this,Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”New International Version
It Takes Time To Clean Up Our Mess
1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, New Living Translation
We Must Focus On Our Mess To Help People With Their Mess
We Are Generational
Psalm 145:4 One generation commends your works to another;they tell of your mighty acts. New International Version
Accept Their Culture
Respect Their Gifts and Callings
Judges 6:12 The Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty soldier, the Lord is with you!” Living Bible
Judges 6:13 “Stranger,”Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? An where are all the miracles our ancestors have told us about—such as when God brought them out of Egypt? Living Bible
Judges 6:13 ...Now the Lord has thrown us away and has let the Midianites completely ruin us.” Living Bible
Judges 6:14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, “I will make you strong! Go and save Israel from the Midianites! I am sending you!” Living Bible
Judges 6:15 But Gideon replied, “Sir, how can I save Israel? My family is the poorest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least thought of in the entire family!” Living Bible
Judges 6:16 Where upon the Lord said to him, “But I, Jehovah, will be with you! And you shall quickly destroy the Midianite hordes!” Living Bible